Monday, November 14, 2011

[Avid-L2] Re: CNN cuts workforce editors

 

All right, I'll say it: damn those ferrets!

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Knut A. Helgeland" <knut@...> wrote:
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> And so eventually the primary market for post work distribution will be acts like http://fiverr.com/, where we can already find gems like "I will create a 30 second to 1 minute professional quality Voice Over in Mp3 format for $5" or "I will have my ferrets paint your short custom message in a HD video for $5".
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> On the positive side, the future looks rosy for ferrets.
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> K
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> On 14. nov. 2011, at 15.52, Curtis Nichols wrote:
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> > Next from CNN:
> > "Because everyone knows how to use Google to search for what they are interested in, we'll be using a Google ranking index to create our minute-to-minute rundown of stories. Consumers shoot and edit what's happening, and now they can produce the shows, too."
> >
> >
> > Curtis Nichols
> > Señor Editor
> > PCS Production Co.
> > Irving, Tx.
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> > ________________________________
> > From: paul.hartel
> > Subject: [Avid-L2] CNN cuts workforce editors
> >
> > Jeez, looks like I started something when I posted Walter's blog here earlier this week. Although I suppose it prompted him to jump onto the L2, if only to explain a few things. Which can only be a good thing.
> >
> > Now this news. Of course Yahoo had a story earlier this year about the long term shrinking that was going to happen in the post world, and in LA it's been happening for a while, as any freelancer knows all too well. But this is one of the bluntest reports I've read, and affects Atlanta directly.
> >
> > Of course, nothing is the end-all and be-all. I don't expect this group of accomplished and well-to-do pros to be overly concerned; anyway, I'm not trying to stir the pot, just figure it never hurts to keep abreast of news that relates.
> >
> > http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/cnn-lays-off-50-blames-technology/
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